How to Make Ube Biko. In a small rice cooker, combine rinsed malagkit rice and water in the bowl. Turn on the rice cooker and let cook until tender and fluffy. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat coconut cream and stir in ube halaya, ube flavoring, salt, and sugar. Cook while stirring until just dissolved.
No biko recipe is complete without some latik on top which takes time to make but is so worth the effort. In a small rice cooker, combine rinsed malagkit rice and water in the bowl. Turn on the rice cooker and let cook until tender and fluffy. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat coconut cream and stir in ube halaya, ube flavoring, salt, and sugar.
This ube biko recipe uses a rice cooker to do most of the work; no need to bake it! Just to make it different from your usual, it's also dyed an incredibly vibrant color with both ube halaya and ube flavoring for added brilliance. No biko recipe is complete without some latik on top which takes time to make but is so worth the effort.
In a wide non-stick skillet, combine coconut milk, ube halaya, sugar, and salt. Stir until well-blended. Over medium heat, bring to a boil. Lower heat and continue to cook until slightly reduced and thickened. Add ube extract and stir to distribute.